Vol. LXVI. No. 6 APRIL, 1905 



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The Menace to Niagara. Dr. John M. Clarke 489 



Sunspots and Weather. Professor Ernest W. Brown 505 



Medical Research, its Place in the University Medical School. Dr. 

 Theobald Smith 515 



The Problem of Immigration. Dr. Allan McLaughlin 531 



Age and Eminence. Professor Edwin G. Dexter 538 



Authority in English Pronunciation. Professor Edwin W. Bowen . . 544 



The Bermuda Islands and the Bermuda Biological Station for Research. 

 Professor Edward L. Mark 556 



Shorter Articles and Correspondence: 



Does Higher Education unfit Women for Motherhood?: Olivia R. Fernow . . 573 



The Progress of Science : 



The Birth Rate Again ; New Academic Buildings ; Albert Benjamin Prescott ; 

 Scientific Items 576 



Index to Volume LXVI .581 



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